diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
index b02b5f4f554..18137877cac 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
@@ -398,6 +398,11 @@ public class DFSConfigKeys extends CommonConfigurationKeys {
   public static final boolean DFS_DATANODE_PMEM_CACHE_RECOVERY_DEFAULT =
       true;
 
+  public static final String DFS_DATANODE_PROCESS_COMMANDS_THRESHOLD_KEY =
+      "dfs.datanode.processcommands.threshold";
+  public static final long DFS_DATANODE_PROCESS_COMMANDS_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT =
+      TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(2);
+
   public static final String DFS_NAMENODE_DATANODE_REGISTRATION_IP_HOSTNAME_CHECK_KEY = "dfs.namenode.datanode.registration.ip-hostname-check";
   public static final boolean DFS_NAMENODE_DATANODE_REGISTRATION_IP_HOSTNAME_CHECK_DEFAULT = true;
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPServiceActor.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPServiceActor.java
index e36c401d534..e4a30cb4657 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPServiceActor.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/BPServiceActor.java
@@ -683,15 +683,7 @@ class BPServiceActor implements Runnable {
             if (state == HAServiceState.ACTIVE) {
               handleRollingUpgradeStatus(resp);
             }
-
-            long startProcessCommands = monotonicNow();
             commandProcessingThread.enqueue(resp.getCommands());
-            long endProcessCommands = monotonicNow();
-            if (endProcessCommands - startProcessCommands > 2000) {
-              LOG.info("Took " + (endProcessCommands - startProcessCommands)
-                  + "ms to process " + resp.getCommands().length
-                  + " commands from NN");
-            }
           }
         }
         if (!dn.areIBRDisabledForTests() &&
@@ -1312,6 +1304,7 @@ class BPServiceActor implements Runnable {
      */
     private boolean processCommand(DatanodeCommand[] cmds) {
       if (cmds != null) {
+        long startProcessCommands = monotonicNow();
         for (DatanodeCommand cmd : cmds) {
           try {
             if (!bpos.processCommandFromActor(cmd, actor)) {
@@ -1330,6 +1323,14 @@ class BPServiceActor implements Runnable {
             LOG.warn("Error processing datanode Command", ioe);
           }
         }
+        long processCommandsMs = monotonicNow() - startProcessCommands;
+        if (cmds.length > 0) {
+          dn.getMetrics().addNumProcessedCommands(processCommandsMs);
+        }
+        if (processCommandsMs > dnConf.getProcessCommandsThresholdMs()) {
+          LOG.info("Took {} ms to process {} commands from NN",
+              processCommandsMs, cmds.length);
+        }
       }
       return true;
     }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DNConf.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DNConf.java
index 5252e68dc11..ea57012b435 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DNConf.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DNConf.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_OUTLIERS_REPORT_
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_PMEM_CACHE_DIRS_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_PMEM_CACHE_RECOVERY_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_PMEM_CACHE_RECOVERY_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_PROCESS_COMMANDS_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_PROCESS_COMMANDS_THRESHOLD_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_ENCRYPT_DATA_OVERWRITE_DOWNSTREAM_DERIVED_QOP_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_ENCRYPT_DATA_OVERWRITE_DOWNSTREAM_DERIVED_QOP_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.HdfsClientConfigKeys.DFS_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_KEY;
@@ -122,6 +124,8 @@ public class DNConf {
   final long xceiverStopTimeout;
   final long restartReplicaExpiry;
 
+  private final long processCommandsThresholdMs;
+
   final long maxLockedMemory;
   private final String[] pmemDirs;
 
@@ -298,6 +302,12 @@ public class DNConf {
     this.pmemCacheRecoveryEnabled = getConf().getBoolean(
         DFS_DATANODE_PMEM_CACHE_RECOVERY_KEY,
         DFS_DATANODE_PMEM_CACHE_RECOVERY_DEFAULT);
+
+    this.processCommandsThresholdMs = getConf().getTimeDuration(
+        DFS_DATANODE_PROCESS_COMMANDS_THRESHOLD_KEY,
+        DFS_DATANODE_PROCESS_COMMANDS_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT,
+        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
+    );
   }
 
   // We get minimumNameNodeVersion via a method so it can be mocked out in tests.
@@ -460,4 +470,8 @@ public class DNConf {
   public boolean getPmemCacheRecoveryEnabled() {
     return pmemCacheRecoveryEnabled;
   }
+
+  public long getProcessCommandsThresholdMs() {
+    return processCommandsThresholdMs;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodeMetrics.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodeMetrics.java
index 888456b5814..2565ab0b6a4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodeMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodeMetrics.java
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ public class DataNodeMetrics {
   private MutableCounterLong sumOfActorCommandQueueLength;
   @Metric("Num of processed commands of all BPServiceActors")
   private MutableCounterLong numProcessedCommands;
+  @Metric("Rate of processed commands of all BPServiceActors")
+  private MutableRate processedCommandsOp;
 
   final MetricsRegistry registry = new MetricsRegistry("datanode");
   final String name;
@@ -553,4 +555,12 @@ public class DataNodeMetrics {
   public void incrNumProcessedCommands() {
     numProcessedCommands.incr();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Add processedCommandsOp metrics.
+   * @param latency milliseconds of process commands
+   */
+  public void addNumProcessedCommands(long latency) {
+    processedCommandsOp.add(latency);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
index c36b333270d..5dd6e83fc6c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
@@ -2933,6 +2933,15 @@
   </description>
 </property>
 
+  <property>
+    <name>dfs.datanode.processcommands.threshold</name>
+    <value>2s</value>
+    <description>The threshold in milliseconds at which we will log a slow
+      command processing in BPServiceActor. By default, this parameter is set
+      to 2 seconds.
+    </description>
+  </property>
+
   <property>
     <name>dfs.client.refresh.read-block-locations.ms</name>
     <value>0</value>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestBPOfferService.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestBPOfferService.java
index 71162cbf06c..8cf7299dfc1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestBPOfferService.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestBPOfferService.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.SlowDiskReports;
 
+import static org.apache.hadoop.test.MetricsAsserts.assertCounter;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.test.MetricsAsserts.getLongCounter;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.test.MetricsAsserts.getMetrics;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -1078,6 +1079,9 @@ public class TestBPOfferService {
       assertTrue("Process command nums is not expected.",
           getLongCounter("NumProcessedCommands", mrb) > 0);
       assertEquals(0, getLongCounter("SumOfActorCommandQueueLength", mrb));
+      // Check new metric result about processedCommandsOp.
+      // One command send back to DataNode here is #FinalizeCommand.
+      assertCounter("ProcessedCommandsOpNumOps", 1L, mrb);
     } finally {
       if (cluster != null) {
         cluster.shutdown();